Sunday is my day. I call it “Bridget’s Zen Day.” I made this change in my life earlier this year as I navigated the twists and turns and pain in my life. It’s made all the difference.
On a typical Sunday, I center myself early by going to early Mass. After, I run the beautiful Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minn. I enjoy the weather, beautiful scenery and changing seasons. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, I hit my mat for a yoga sweat sesh. After either workout, I then luxuriate in a warm bubble and epsom salt bath. For the rest of the afternoon, I write or read or take an online seminar for persona development.
Establishing this Sunday tradition all about me has been vital to my health and healing. It’s so necessary, that I let my friends and family know so they could understand why I was keeping Sunday as my sacred day.
For the first time in my life, I’ve worked to align my body, soul and mind. On a regular basis, being healthy and strong physically has helped me be healthy and strong emotionally and spiritually. This alignment is so important to healing. It’s been a key element for me.
Through this beautiful focus, I’ve also found the real me, gotten to know who I am and what matters to me, tuned in to fully trust my intuition, and fallen in love with what makes me pure magic. That’s why I truly believe taking care of yourself is not selfish at all. It’s fundamental to learning to live a full life on purpose.
This is a snapshot of what I do to take care of myself so I can not only survive, but thrive. I encourage you to find ways to take care of yourself, too. Your practices may be similar to mine or different. Regardless, you can’t take care of anyone else if you’re not taking care of you – and you are worthy!
Another of my loving practices is aligning with the cycles of the moon. During a new moon, I set intentions for my next month and identify areas of my life where I want to make changes. Our next new moon is this week on Nov. 7. My intention for this new moon is to be more open with the Universe about what I want to manifest in my life and not apologize for what I desire. I want to bring more peace and joy into my life and radiate that shit in every room I enter and with each person I interact with. Living in peach and joy takes effort – it doesn’t just happen.
What you manifest can happen. What do you want more of in your life? Create an intention and ask the Universe!
